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Administrators, union leaders celebrate successful negotiations |
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Tobin J. Klinger |
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Nov 9, 2008
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| Members of the UT chapter of the American Association of University Professors, from left, James Ashley, executive officer for lecturers’ affairs and senior lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, and Dr. Harvey Wolff, president and professor of mathematics, signed an agreement with the University, which was represented by President Lloyd Jacobs and Main Campus Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Rosemary Haggett. |
When members of The University of Toledo chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted to ratify their tentative agreement with the University, it brought to a close a series of negotiations that have all resulted in new collective bargaining agreements. On Nov. 3, UT brought together team members from both sides of the negotiations to celebrate their collective success.
With the newly renovated Memorial Field House as a backdrop, representatives from the administration, AAUP, the Communications Workers of America Local 4319, the UT chapter of the Police Patrolman’s Association, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2415 came together to acknowledge the recent and historic successes of collective bargaining at the institution.
“We have come a long way, particularly over the course of these last several months,” said Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, UT president. “We have worked hard to find common ground and now that we have fully ratified agreements with all our units, it is time to focus on our collective future and find ways to come together to strengthen our University of Toledo.”
“The signing [Nov. 3] is the first step toward creating a university that both potential faculty and potential students would want to come to and stay," said Dr. Harvey Wolff, president of the UT-AAUP and professor of mathematics. "But, more critically, will be how the sides work together in the years ahead to justify the faith of those who supported the contracts.”
“The Field House seems an appropriate location for this event; it captures our history while empowering the future,” Jacobs added. “Our new agreements accomplish this as well, encompassing both the historic building blocks of collective bargaining at UT while enabling us to better serve the employees who are covered under these agreements.”
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